[confused@24]

hey I just wanted to inquire if applications can still be processed...I mean i had no idea about this course from bits pilani but would really want to try because no matter wat any body says a good institute always has an edge.

[karthikeyan V.G]

names of all people attending on 27 th with 10 th, 12 th and degree marks can be put up in coming posts........... wat u ppl say??????????
let me start it
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karthikeyan v.g
10 ------- 85
12 -------95
BE(MECHANICAL)-79

[kirtivas1986]

Hey shashi

Thanks mac..but do u think its really worth doing an MBA from non AICTE approved source. Just think about it??? am going crazy about doing y MBA here. Loads of confusion. hope u would have seen my plan in some of the previous blogs??? i couldn't go with train as i will be missing my office..God knows whats gonna happen. Fingers Crossed.....

[kirtivas1986]

Why karthi....??? Wat r u gonna do with marks. 1st lets decide upon whether taking up this college or not and then lets go ahead with marks. and more over i dont think they give extra weightage to those people who had scored more. the best among the best excells always... So lets once again review things properly.. am moreover i am more concerned because i am a totally a non IT guy. Am working in a Hard core factory. Softwares are like miles away from me.. I wanna excel in Productio. Will Bits be my Place and my kinda of a Shrine polishing my skills????

[kartanj]

hi kirtivas...

im a mech guy workin in IT presently... so thot i cud chip in to help U...
i presume u are into floor production based job (since u say u are a hard core engineer)

1. If u do work with the CAD/CAM/analysis-piping s/w's - then u are one fourth a s/w engineer as per my opinion . Cos if u are invloved with these u ll definitely be doing R&D work developing macros and models (wherein u ll be programming eg: in CNC machines, extensive projects in ANSYS,CATIA). So u arent an alien to the so called IT-field, if u are a part and parcel of the above.

2. Since u are looking for technical mgmt (literally translates into industrial-production mgmt in our field) i feel u are doing the right thing by choosing technical B Schools. (BITS being one among them. Others being IIT's, NITIE which take in only engineers)

3. If u feel ur TECH-B-Skool needs to be AICTE approved then BITS is out of the way [i dunno if its NAAC accredition is of use for HigherEdu]. But personally i feel approval shud not be an issue, since BITS has a brand value and it ll take necessary measures if it needs to uplift its newly born MBA - ex MMS. eg:Symbiosis institutes dint have them intially. after some years it got one.

4. If u wanto have ur degree from the best, i wud lay emphasis on NITIE. Hope u had gone thru their course framework and contents as well [But u got to slog it with seriously best percentilers in CAT]
Since BITS is pretty new it doesnt have much electives like others and its placements have suffered due to recession.
BITS has MIS, SCM, production-operation in core + ERP, services mgmt,tech mgmt,R&D mgmt,Manufac Strategy electives which ll help Ur production thirst . But whether wud it quench urs, is purely ur say.

5. On the hindside, there are a few positives with BITS too.
* The Course is really,really,really affordable. More or less on the lines of FMS and TISS. Ur ROI will be excellent, iff BITS manage to pull up their socks and work their placements issue.
*It has this engineering brand like IIT's and well known across Asia.There are quite a few work-ex/summers studs from mech field doing mba. [Saw their class of 2010 and previous batch and spoke with the student volunteer for BITS-MBA]
*The MMS by BITS is a well known course. So the MBA [shorter version of MMS] from BITS is bound to take shape in the coming years definitely.

I hope the above gist of points helps u .

Will meet U @ BITS GD-PI session ATB !!!

[kirtivas1986]

Hey kartanj ( Guess how do u pronounce that)

thanks mac for those valuable inputs. Still there are few more points to be clarified.

!st i don't work with the CAD/ CAM piping soft wares. I will tell u my responsibilities. They are man power management, Production planning, Customer End Line rejections, TPM, TQM ( guess u would have heard those in your final years of engg.), and now i have been moved to a post with much higher responsibilities. Am a project leader now where am coordinating the progress in the launch of new products which are business revenues to the company. So this is my role. Therefore the subject of me using softwares is ruled out. am still far away from the software codes ;-)

As u said NITIE and IITs are the best for operations management. But my concern in BITS is that, hardly we will have engineers from a mechanical backgroud and if suppose people are from that, the number of people working in the manufacturing sector would be very less. I have got electives in it but if they were nly 2 or 3 people opting for that, definitely management will not put a seperate faculty for those 3 people rather insist us in changing our electives.

And regarding the accredition, BITS has got its value but what happens if the course is not approved. Definitely the degree what we get after 2 years will be of no value. People know BITs for its engineering but i guess MBA in BITS is something new for them...

Anyways lets hope things are happening for good and lets leave the rest to the almighty. God bless all and we will meet at the BITS GD-PI session.

[suryaswaroop]

Hi All,
I have just seen the following in the bits admission site what does this mean???
Results of the Higher Degree Admissions Test are announced. The Last Date for the Fee to reach the Admissions Office BITS, Pilani is 8th July 2009
But it was mentioned that we have to pay the whole 61,250 on 28th July after interview!!! Is this not for us???

[kartanj]

hi kirtivas,

1. BITS-MBA is AICTE approved [got to know it today only].

2. Regarding the electives : there ll be a large pool of electives from where studs can vote for 4 it seems. then a list of top 20 electives is mapped for tht sem [they expect atleast 5 to 6 votes for an elective to list in top 20 it seems. hence highly dependant on the batch size and attitude.]. Studs have to take 4 from this 20 only. [if u r lucky enuf the 4 u voted for will list in 20 and u can take them].

3. One more thing i learnt about is the teaching assistantship. U can teach the Btech studs if u wanto and earn 14K per month.

U can verify these with the profs @ BITS. just wanted to share this info.

[gajendrasingh]

Originally Posted by kartanj

hi kirtivas,

1. BITS-MBA is AICTE approved [got to know it today only].

2. Regarding the electives : there ll be a large pool of electives from where studs can vote for 4 it seems. then a list of top 20 electives is mapped for tht sem [they expect atleast 5 to 6 votes for an elective to list in top 20 it seems. hence highly dependant on the batch size and attitude.]. Studs have to take 4 from this 20 only. [if u r lucky enuf the 4 u voted for will list in 20 and u can take them].

3. One more thing i learnt about is the teaching assistantship. U can teach the Btech studs if u wanto and earn 14K per month.

U can verify these with the profs @ BITS. just wanted to share this info.

thanks for the info. Have u got any update regarding other tests which are going to take place along with GD PI.

[manasmehrotra]

Originally Posted by suryaswaroop

Hi All,
I have just seen the following in the bits admission site what does this mean???
Results of the Higher Degree Admissions Test are announced. The Last Date for the Fee to reach the Admissions Office BITS, Pilani is 8th July 2009
But it was mentioned that we have to pay the whole 61,250 on 28th July after interview!!! Is this not for us???

Hi All,

Any clarity about the fee payment?? 8th July, 2009 or 28th July,2009 Please share any info if u hav regarding the same...

Regards,
Manas